Clark County commissioners may soon consider cutting at least part of a half-percent sales tax increase that had previously been extended through 2016. Clark County Commissioner Rick Lohnes recently said he would support reducing the sales tax by .25 percent. He plans to review the budget to determine if there are areas in the general fund that can be cut with “very little pain.” “It’s obvious that things are going very well sales tax-wise,” Lohnes said. “It’s obvious that the county’s budget is in great shape … we’ve eliminated a lot of debt, we’ve been very prudent, not spending wildly. But there’s always places to save money, and I think that if we had enough...
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